A note on urine trans, trans muconic acid level among a sample of Thai police: Implication for an occupational health issue

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 103-108

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a   Suwansaksri, Jamsai ^a   Soogarun, Suphan ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MUCONIC ACID;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THAILAND; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; URINE LEVEL;

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; SORBIC ACID; THAILAND; URINALYSIS;

EID: 22244450052     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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